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omitted to give them the least clue by which 

 they might gloss their ignorance, ^' For/' 

 says he, in toto, '^ surfeits arise from various 

 ^^ causes : but are commonly the effects of 

 ^^ some diseases not attended to, or that have 

 ^' been ill cured." Whether this can be 

 called an elucidation, or is entitled to the 

 compliment of " multiun in parvo^'' I leave to 

 the discerning; reader anxious for instruc- 

 tion ; and gladly submit to his impartial de- 

 cision alone, ^whether we are not likely to 

 deriv^e greater gratification to our inquiries 

 from a more minute investigation- 



As the abovementioned writer has been 

 sndulgingly concise, another has been most 

 iedioiisly prolix, who, after taking a trip 

 through almost every jblnown disease, feeling 

 for the cause, plainly tells you, '^ it may 

 *' originate in all or any ; but it most com- 

 ^^ monly proceeds from a horse's constantly 

 '' feeding till he can feed no longer/' We 

 thank him heartily for such very useful m« 

 formation ; and proceed tt) our own part of 

 the task, but not without the necessary com- 

 pliment of making one observation upon 

 his: that il is very natural to suppose a 



